Business Analyst III

ICONMA; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Referral program

Excellent growth opportunities

Job summary

Talentify is recruiting a Business Analyst III for a Sunnyvale, CA, hybrid role. The position focuses on supplier relations, spend analysis, and procurement strategy within a consumer products/software services client.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to identify risks, analyze data, and drive cost improvements. The role requires strong negotiation, analytical thinking, and exceptional communication to influence stakeholders and manage end-to-end contract discussions.

Qualifications

• Experience in Supply Chain, Operations, or related field.
• Strong negotiation skills and tenacity.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence and build cross-functional relationships to drive projects.
• Self-motivated with the capacity to operate independently.
• Experience in supplier management and operations.
• Ability to identify and solve complex supply chain issues.
• End-to-end ownership of contract negotiations adds value.

Responsibilities

• Develop a nuanced understanding of the contact center landscape and changes in buyer/supplier power to drive client advantage.
• Conduct supplier financial research, spend analysis, and ad-hoc financial analyses for procurement deals.
• Negotiate terms with suppliers, understanding direct/indirect labor, overhead, and SG&A components.
• Collaborate across the organization to meet business objectives and communicate findings to leaders.
• Perform cost and capacity scenario analysis to optimize supply chain performance.
• Provide program management support and help develop processes, templates, and reporting.

Skills

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Supplier management

Problem solving

Contract negotiations

Job description

Our Client, a Consumer Products and Software Services company, is looking for a Business Analyst III for their Sunnyvale, CA/Hybrid location.

Responsibilities

• Develop a nuanced understanding of the contact center commodity landscape identify changes in buyer and supplier power and use industry dynamics to Client advantage.
• Perform supplier financial research, spend analysis and ad-hoc financial analysis for strategic procurement deals.
• Effectively work with suppliers to negotiate optimal terms for sourcing. Understanding of direct labor, indirect labor, overhead and SG&A breakdown.
• Collaborate across the Client organization to ensure business objectives are met. Includes the ability to rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to leaders and to actively identify potential supply issues that can affect strategy.
• Optimize supply chain performance through cost and capacity scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
• Provide overall program management support and contribute to ongoing development of processes, templates, escalation procedures, and reporting.

Requirements

• Experience working in Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field
• A tenacity, passion and demonstrated skill in negotiations
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Superb communication and interpersonal skills
• Can build, grow and develop key cross-functional relationships to be able to influence and drive projects
• Ability to operate independently
• Experience in supplier management and operations
• Ability to identify and solve complex supply chain issues
• End to end ownership of contract negotiations for both commercial and legal aspects a plus

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities